The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, December 12, 1901, Page 5, Image 5

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Her Profession.
ALBERT BRITT, IN THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.
llkn
III-
M( t( ll,
OU f,ft
in way
yul UON'T Ki-fllll kIiiiI In oce
nic ami I tlimiKlii tlmt
Mtii'd iiiuol mi' with open
mini" .Minn Allii- Mm tin
lllinls fmlim li was on
i In- lilllho.u its niudu mi ti
lltlHl (ll'll-l'llll)ll' pOltt 111
hIu- tlitmk IiiiiiiIm with Aim
tin mi the Htntloii pliitioiin. AiiHtln
tiled to Hiininiun up ii light hiiiIIi Mini
I'liilcd bv KlmliiR ilcii'L'lv ut tho tiuiikH
hihI Hcoiieiy n ml utlifi tnipphiRs mnl
iippiiituiimii.'i.'K or "Tho I .oil tllil" com
plins that won- dinnped ftoni tho bag-
811 KC I'll I.
"I inn kIiiiI to ncp .Mill, ion filml, bllt
tho hIkIu oi all that iiinkei mo hoi,"
und hi- wiiM'iJ lili limiil toiupiphen
Im'Iv to Ini'luih' not only the iiiioli'euiU
Iiir Imkriikp but the H'Ml of the ioni
P. my Rioitpoil about the ppisphhiR anil
nluble inaiiiiRpi
'All Hint' Do mi Know sh, that
miii me InsnlthiR ni biPiul anil Imtti'i?
Do ou tralli"' that us tho IpiiiIIiir lady
ol the onl i ompiiux poMMcviliiR tlu e'
duilve dianialk' iIkIiH to the stent
AnipiUan diaiini, Tlio I.oil Ulil.' 1 inn
entitled to soiilt 1 mislilfi ntloli, piolrtt
slunul 11 not peMonnI?" and 1I10 iwopl
him a innikliiR 1 0111 toM. The nuili )pc
omilzed the bit ol oiatoi. with a ciy
bi lef smile
"Coine, m turnip, do not bind Mini
biowM o (lei 1 eh upon me Yon weie
not wont lo Heat me 10 In the old dini,
Time wis win. 11 miii weie 1111 1 1 ,i. n
siimmei's div .ind ilanied down the
hums as IIrIiU.i .is the aspen Ip.H flut
tciiiiR In tin sunllRht Htu now 0t1r
face Is dink mid 8ti 11 and mil look
holds a biooilhiR imnaie Do on think
It iIrIU to tie.it miiii ItniR lost lousln
so.'' And she nunle a rii pteteiite of
hpRRiliR loi 111. mc y while hei ei s
d.'ineid with I.iukIHoi.
"Koi lle.iM-n's sake. Aliie- '
" 'I 01 m sake' would be mm
the a ij, i.i,i11pi I u- ! m know
teiuipted Ills tonueiitfii
' Diop Unit blank , 1 e sti. uf
speiih, Alice You sound like a liiloi -ic.ll
noel roij-el Hie stae 101 .1 lev
minutes it mui 1 in, and listen lo in- '
"Anothu Icitine." too rIi! heaed a
deep sIrIi ol sham inslRti itliin -you
illicit at least be lakhiR ni" hi the ill
lPition ol m hotel I've no 1 all to be
wnstliiR all im time '
"Allie, mui Inipiulent Utile
I'd like lo -hake ou '
' You 1 111 t. .il least 1111L lill
1110 to im hotel I don t know
about jiiiii town, so 0111e tiee to In
sult me to ami he.ut's content loi the
uet fifteen minutes Then I m.iv set
Hip iniiiac;pi to tin ash Mm 101 me"
' I bcR miiii paidon little gill T didn't
mean to hint ou. but I suppose It did
sound mile Hut Alice, I waul only
join own Rood "
'Oh, ms" she ined out Imp iiientlv
"M own sood' Hon many tlmisluue
I heaid th.it in m life 11 muse used
to sa it when she r.im- me llmbaib
and castoi oil M Rineiniss said if
when she set me ions Pi null eveuisis
lo wiite bn uise I pieleind the open
ail and the sunshine to the stiilty
si booh 00m and the stupid book'- Whv,
whin pip 1 died, mil m beau was
neailj Inokin, Hit mlnlslei told me
thit in mi low was all 101 the 1 hasten
ing ot m sphii And now on tell mo
that you Insult 1110 mil mv piolesslon in
oidoi that ou nun pioxe to me how
aidently miii deslie tin hlRhest h ippl
ness " Theie was no lnistakiiiR the in
dlRniition that shone in the blue cms.
Useij featme ot hoi and pwn luv of
hei' IIruio weie eloiiueut 01 In Hit id wo
rn inhood and dlgnilj
"No, no' You niisundei stand me I
piottst I meant no sliRhl to -.on 01 to
join piolc-slon, KnowiiiR jou, I -hould
be the last man in the woikl lo speak
a wind 01 think a thought that w.i , not
lull ot nsptit and I101101 loi ou. And
join piolesslon is a good ine, too .1
noble one, somitiims, but loi jou
Aliie, don't jou sit what I mean?
Can't sou undei stand how It cuts me to
see mju Indicted about the eountiv
fioni town to town in ihe eompnny of
people who aie not 111 to look at you
In the stiect, miuh liss 10 tiael in the
Fame t.n with .sou And then to think
of jou night altci iiIrIu exhibiting jour
talents 10 a houselul of ri Inning and
npplnudliiR idiots
"Do ou mean that the mo Idiots to
applaud 1110'' Ilei tone was eahn but
daiiReious.
'Saints 101 bid' The d be iiniiiR lun
ntlis and naiahtiis to boot if thev
didn't. Hut I don't like the ihoiiRht of
the whole business Von weie made loi
thlnss so intlnllelj bettei llnei "
"Yes, stui villa, foi lustnnio How
would jou like Ihe thoilRlU ot that .'
ronslder It loi a moment A lonelj riii -let,
a pallet of sti.iw in the toiuei on
which lies a pallid, emaiiated sill,
beailiiR faint tiaios of hei i.ulv liesh
ness and beaut), the cold moon peeping
In at the window 1 wond''i win the
moon is always told when Ii peeps
thioush gauet windows a llieless
Riate t'ane a suite- In a isiiucl ami
so on, and so on, and so mi. ad infin
itum, ail nauseam "
"Come, Alice, be sei Ions uia) not
st e sou again loi a long time,"
'Thucfoie jou inusi be as Hide as
possible In the hlioitest s),n ' ol time.
Aie tdltois alwas Hide.' Is It a habit
they atmihe 110111 iheli iilaMul houl
will! the istecnied lonteiiuioiaij In the
uet bloil, 01 ihe ne.M 1 omit) 01 tho
net Minion hei else '"
"Hut 10 think 01 having to earn jour
living"
"Don't think 01 it, then, ll It i.iusis
1 yon so miii Ii pain" this etj shiuply,
'I'm sine 1 iiPMi asked jou 10, You
tuo not onlj Insulting bin unjust as
iwoll and eij slv Why shiiiililn'l I
eain mv own living ' Am I any less, op
,11101c, ihaii liiimau ' I iiiuhi live and,
theieloie, I must woik laim lift 1110
nothing but his blessing and tho mein-
in of Ihu liapplest, most laielieo gill-
hood thai evei was lived in this dull old
vvoild, When I lound that l must
woik J look stock ol m.v low pool till-
ems. 1 might have taken In snubbing
1 m gone out washing, but Hut thought
I of my pooi hands ted and swollen lllled
mo with dlsmu) uov would you like
lo son me with un bunds in a wus.
lubY"
Austin was iiilnii'i and mine maily
mastep of himself than holme 'De
pend on whoso nib It was. '
Miss AllLe Monied iluugoi and ill-
cited tho ulti.it K. "A liltuil ot paint's
kmivv Mv 1'iaitH, the managei, and got
mo a llttlo pail fin Ii a Utile pan 1
had to ilusl the pal loi luiuituio ami
s.iy 'Yoh'iii' and No'm' ami thou oii
Usy In a way thai thicateuid 10 dlslo
itilo my spinal nilunm and tun out. Hut
i peisuvoied and i studied and t sot a
lietU'f pail It was dieadiully haul
woik. I 11 lid iu sen 10 sleep inoiu
.times than I shall uvcp toilless, but Ii-
fiov vine It omnia, 01 something ot that
sou, ami lieio I am. Not 1I1I1, not
6vn successful, but mukinu eiioiieh tu
buy mv gowns and now and then n
hat."
"lint AIIip, don't von ovei get Hied
or It'.' Don't von want ll's a inlghly
hard life fop a t 1 1 1 knocking ubotit Ihe
1 mint 1. v "
"(tl'l tiled of It fir nillise do bo-
Iiir human DoiVl ,vou get tiled of
wirtiiiR Pillloi hits sliuetlnus.'"
' O yes. Lots 01 othpi ptoplpRol tltpil
of tlii'iu, loo."
"I think theie me times when all of
us, oven the best, hale the veiy sight
ol the rooo Hint lavs the golden eggo
I'm us. Hut this Is my pioresslon. I'm
beginning to know' It and I'm piotid or
It jes, pi owl ol ii. Why shouldn't I
be? And will )ou please itll me what
else I am to do.' Will mui give 1110 it
phue on join newspnnei V Will vou
teach me to wi He etlltmlals" Oi pel -haps
vou would like me lo diaw the
fashion pi lies I'm sine it wouldn't
miittoi how I diew thorn lor no wo
man pvpi looked 01 ilii'ssed like ilmo
(iiatuies, even oil the stage"
They weie veiv neap tlic hotel ami
Austin loll thai he must have appealed
niivtiiliiR but impiesslve to this tan
tullzlng bit of lemlully at his side lie
spoki itulikly lesl she should osiupe
him betoie he laid said what was In
Ids heal I. "Theie Is a tiIiuo I have to
orin vou, Alice, but It Isn't In mv of
Ike. ll's in my hoaie You must know,
suielv vou know how I ft el "
The gill stopped mid diew bin k hum
lilm a step "So-o' Thai Is whv vou
have spoken so dlspaiaglngK ol i.iv
woik. You thought to make It seem
small In mv cms; to show me how lit
tle It was w 01 th to mvsili 01 to anvone
else ' Austin lifted Ids baud appeal,
high and steppfd loi waul. She tliew
b.u k a pine
"No Don t spink lo me Don't look
at me" She liuglud in a uulik angi
lashlon "How )on must hive been
pialsiiiR 0111s1lL as we i.inie along loi
vour aiholtnes-. and, above all, lop
voui thailtv and vom suhllmi1 stli-sai-lillie
Well. ou hive falbd I love
mv woik and I shall keep at It In plte
to miiii uioiignum pitv 11 1 en mai
i am man. Mi James Austin It will
be because lie ( onu s to me in Mime
othei guise thin as a home loi iuioui
petent and dlsiouiaged aitiossts
She 1 an up the hotel steps leaving
him tli'iitajed and almosi towed bv hep
lontempt and bittei stoic Win 11 he
leioveud Ills powi 1 or spei 1 Ii he 1 mscd
the stage in all the loinis 01 obiuigition
al his lonmiand and went link to his
ollh e.
Tlieaudlinie.it the theatei that night
Included all the low 11 who weie not
bankiupt 01 bidiidden, but it did not
contain Mi. James Austin Tliat gen
tlennn sat gloomll.v al his desk p,L..
tendlng to woik
The pi. iv was in the lull swing ol the
thlid ait The villain had bein le
puNed bv the beiolne and was piepn
ing lo 1. 11 iv hei aivav to his inounlain
lastiii ss Them .111 no moiinUiiu last
nessis In mm! Anieiiia, but the el
geniies 01 the ligltlmite diaina de
mand them tin tlie thlid ait, and the
exigent 11 s niusi have theh w.i) Miss
Mai tin stnotl in the wings ne 11 the
stage dooi, waiting rot hn mc lo jo
on Tt was a waini night in cailv tall
and the dooi was wide open A knot
ol stage hands stood about, some with
in and some without the dooi Tho
sound or hui 1 lug leol outside 1 night
hei eai and s.. tinned hei lie id as a
boj lame ainiinj; up Hi, -.tint and
stopptii it t!" dooi
"What, up. bub' a man inquittd
tasiialh ' ! am to Ik in .1 liunv"
'liyt tini" to 10II 1 peanut lound the
hloik loi me'' askul .1 n cut' shlitu
'Mi Austin's been shot'' The gill
Inside staittd loiwaid w itli a low 11 v
that no one in the st tilled giotip lieaid.
"Austin shot' When' Who did
it "
"Don 1 kmivv Nobodv knows Ife
was scttin' al his desk 'n miiiu limh
shot "tin thiough the window '11 he tell
ovoi tliad iUkk a.-that'' The bov tle
snibed the edltoi's (all in a ltnlistlo
pantomime. Aliie telt the solid eiuth
icel beneitli loi ler t Ileto ojts vvue
wide ami .taiimj ami hei he.ut was
ilutt-hod in a iiiltl giasp Jim dead' Hei
lousln vvltoiu iie n n known eei siiue
she had known ,111 il.n.g The bov who
had can led li'i books and biouuhl ho
blids' eggs ami legbl 1 ebbles uom the
beach and ill Im 1 1,. 1 tokens 01 a
bo)'s atiootloii Jim' The man who
had been hei hem win 11 he had tlnowii
up his position on a gieat newspaper,
beiauseho held his own loiuittious
hlfihei than his stlaiv, and but lid hliu
selt In this sieepj imiiuiy town wliete
he at leasi had lieedom 10 sneak 0111
whal he thought without the teal ol ol
lendmg some ilili .ulMiiNci t hokiug
lite winds in his thto.it, Jim! AVho
had ofteied hot thai night Hie love of a
beau that had alivajs huneeutl lop
hei. And thou al lasi she know what
had bel'oie been mil) a vague, un
spoken possibility, .1 shadowy dieam of
the lutuie thai It was Jim she had
loud, inoto than hoi pilde, moip than
hoi ptofession, mom thin I101 lib. it
was sti align that in the midst 01 tho
pain and the gilel thai dint I in, ihe
leall.ition that she know hep own In ait
was vorv swell lo hoi.
A loath on hei soublei 111 oust d hi 1
ll was the nunagop, "What Is the mal
lei ,' Win don't ,vou go on.' Hughes
lias given Mill votll tuo thlee littles
and tlie house will begin to think them's
somothlnR wiong,"
Yis, she must go on Jim was dead
and hot heait w.n hiohiu, but she must
pl.i) hei put. The sI.iro Is 1101 so
illlltueiil mini mil Hie, ultip all. The
audit 111 o novel knew that iilslu that
ovoiy llble in the bod) o ilie 111 It ess,
whoso gium and iliaiiu the) applaud
ed oc Hot oust), liiiobbed Willi keenest
pain loi tho cousin ami lovoi l.v lug
dead, Sho said hei lines, how she novel
knew. Tho stagn was a dim blur in her
o)os and tho audioitie was im bejotul
the uingo of hoi 1 oniiiou-.noss The
cm tain loll an I she lound heisoli In the
tiny oinci puititloiKd oif loi thostai's
diesslng-iooin. As she 1 bunged Im
too tunic tor lie mi coi gown hoi mind
was made up Sho would see Jim that
nlglll, at onie His dead bod) al lo.tsl,
should have thoiomiott 01 (ho ptesenio
that bad boon denied him llvlus, Htu
whom had they taken him" Some 0110
1011I1I tell he at Ihe ollho sillol) A
stage hand lold hei the wav wlih 11
unions look on his late ami she Imp.
liod thiough Ihe iiuloi sttects tr
inuhl was koeiilj alivo now 10 hei loss.
Jim was dead. Jim who had alwa)s
stood to hoi lot evoiythlnt, alive ami
human, pulsing witlt eiiotgv and tun.
billon. The man vviio thai atteinnoii
had otfeteil her the love o a wtiim,
lliiillins heat 1 was a mid, senseless
lump m day
Tho windows 01' the uewspapet ollho
weie blight unci throush thorn cunie
the thump and whirl of pi esses. Un
feeling wietihes to be so busy and un
concerned whon tho nuislor mind of
them nil was it III, She pushed upon the
Mist thiol iilid stood beftno Hie tilshld's
desk,
"Whole have (hey inkeii him Mi.
Austin'."
The inshlet sin ml, "Thoy haven't
taken him unvwheie. miss lie's up.
stalls In his olllte whom he alwavs in
at night "
"Wheio he alwavs Is'" Was their
business ol life then so nigoiil thai It
t until not stand si 111 I 1 oneshoit hour
while thev paid a Htunll tillitllo or cum
and ultniitloii lo lilm'.' She climbed (he
stubs with tmmhlltig limbs unit a heat I
that seem si as mid mid dead In hei
bosom as his Hint Ihe nun dcifi 'h bullet
hud stilled Imevei. The door ut the
top inulkoil "Mitnuglug IMIloi" stood
puitlv open unit uom within innie the
sound of loud voltes and llo'ii a Iniigli
Toi a iiioiit' ill her gilot' was oveimas
teied bv hi'i ludlgiiailon was it In.- .
In tliPie.' She, al leasi, 1 ould snmiw
fop him.
She pushed the iloni bail, and stood
on tin tlneshold, and saw .Inn, allvo
and soiinil as ev 'i -lli tm, at Ills desk"
and Ib'tiilu; tar ii'lv In a gilmv,
tousled mui whose into a. id bauds bole
ovldem ps 01 nun h loutait with Ink
ami gill. Tlie Ii'im"! ill-it (I to In r
Ileal l mi I 'lit h'jhl tliiitd iitound
hei In 1 mnl, 1.10 biu.nliai) v.hlil, She
put mil Im hunil 10 1 111' "Uppoit, ami
then Jim aw hei.
"Win Alhe. What Is It; Whv am
vou heie.'' 'ihegiimv inun looki d and
giluuid Jim Inn 1 hd loiwuid and
gtasped hei hands At the sound ol Ills
volie mnl llie tout Ii ol Ids hands the
win 111 blood mw .11 mod Ihioiigh all her
veins .tfitlu, and she ga pi d at the heal
th it 111 In', h. 1.
Vial sin. t lull hid his
"I thought- thev s,t,
mat some one hail shot
oh, Jim:'
bands IK-Ipc 1
vou w . 0 -a I
vou '
He laURlud a gnat laugh ol toin
piehinslon. '.s0 vou he, ml Unit, did
Mill." Whv, little gill, he novel tombed
me Some uav 100I did lake a shot at
1110 thiough the window, but it was hist
bv wav ol in .iiphallc ttplv to one of
mv edltoiiais All the b.u in he did was
to smash a pain or glass and plinth 1
hole In the telling He's 1 Doling his
hiils In the loikup now. ' she -at down
suildenl) In the ih 1I1 11 hei elbow llu
111 111 nei vis ate like t ugiues apt to 1 un
wild when tlie In id is suddenlv taken
oil Ib'i heait was dialing like t tilp
luimmei and hi 1 bi.ilu wai lu a whiil
"What must vou think 11 me' I was
so liighlenid, ami 1 oMnittd to Hud
to linil vou " she In oi oil with a
shuildei and shut hei evi-
You fwptited to Itli 1 1 1 mingled
I 01 ps mil iiiMKiid vou Mud me alive
ind dlsustiagiv In ilil'v io vou ills-
appiuicil.' '
Don't Jim, pkast 1 m I lit 11 to
Ileal to ioki abotll ll to think about
II It wis too hot libit I though! I
should ill" ' lie looktd at hei 1 m ions.
Iv, a m w light dawning in his evis
Ale vou sine it was onlv tousinlv
aiuttiou thu lnoughl vou bote" He
awalttil hei answii bio ilhlosslv 'Ihe
gilmv m 111 hail 11 111 ed like the sensible
individual that he was, and tin olllte
was einptv 01 all save those two The
gill studied the Moot and ihe tips (r
hei shoes long and 1 iiclullv Tin 11 she
lilt ti llel 0)os slowlv to his laic
"I nevi 1 said it w is Jim dt 11,
'Anil how abotil join piolission
swiotht nt ' lie Imiuhotl allti 1 well
spent 111le1v.1l
'.Mv piolt"--lo 1 is licie, Willi Vou
wliemvei vou aie I didn I know ll Ibis
aUeinoun but toniglit taught inewhat
1 might hive known all mv lite whit
an imptv, hopeless thins: lllo would be
without vou I'm onlv a woiniti, liter
all Jim
ItOOSEVELT A DISCIPLINARIAN.
How- He Disuibuted Tactics to the
Bough Ridei Keciuits
The IVis.iiiniitv ol I'ipsidinl lloo-t-tll"
is autlwed in tin Dot 1 mbei
Centui v b) one who knows him well
He is .1 kind-heat It tl 111 in m t a ligkl
iliseipliuaii in and wllldeminda faith
I til and efili lent lilstli.tigi ol miblli
diitlis bv puhlli ollliials liappeued
10 hi pi (-.1111 when giadualis or Hai
v ml and othei univiislties and West
em mining enginoeis, to Hie nmnbei
of tbil tv 01 loilv, 1 ollei ted in llieotlhe
of the tissistaul suteiaiv of tin uavv
lo bo inlisted in the Hough llidei '
itglmiiil .Mi Itoosivelt stood in iionl
ol ills desk, while these eat nest ni.iiilv
voung Itllnws stood lnngctl .Hound
llnte shies ol his ollho ddiissing
tin 111 In his pei uli.ii j itili k, taimst
111 inut 1, to tm otitti unit tliij must
noi 1mde1estim.no the dnngois 01 dlfll
i ultlts tlie) would t niountei he lold
tin m lliil it would piobiblv be the
loughest oxpeileiue that thev ovet had
and he wished them to undu stand that
attu onie being swoin in tluv must
lake whtievei 1 nine without giumb
llng "I'ositlvelv, gontlenii n," sthi h...
I will have no squealing ' and he
m 14 tl them. II anv ol theni thought
thev 1 mild not ouditm the gnatest
haidshlps, 10 wlihdtaw boloti 11 was
too late. Thou, tinning to 11 idle ot
volumes of mounted Intanti) tin th s,
ho said: "I will loinahi behind a lew
davs and liuii) loiwanl the titiip
nients. Vou, geniloinui, hmi.v to s.tu
Antonio, a nil 11 ,vou do )om p.ut lo
w.ml getting the men in oidoi ami
Hiking them Into shape, I piomlso 10
got )ou llllo Ihe light. Them aie not
enough tat tits to go aiounil, but I will
dlsii Unite those, and vou must lead
and stud) lliem 011 the i.tts" Calling
out iheli n. linos, lie hulled the books
al the nun so last that s,.voi,U would
bo In tho ah al 0111 e, the men 1. itching
theni 011 llie Mv, I 1 ould see hi theh
lilies that eveiv one of them was madv
to follow lilm to the death
Dut ol the 1 lotids ol ndsi tini option
und the false Impieslous iluown
about tills pltluiesillle (lKUie b) the
cat toonists and tho paiagiaphois,' nioie
Intel ested In si nsatlomtllsni than lu
leant), tune suildenl) emeigts tills
Inlensel) earnest, lotuful, hutve, pu
ll loth, huiminii) -loving bioad-inlnil-etl,
nou-sei thmal Amoiliiiu, this ptai
tiial Idealist to beionio ihe .voungest
inler. of tho gteatosi lountiy in the
wot Id
"I'eihaps, Iheit, volt hn( spialned
)oui ankle, drV"
With a palnrul slowness, the old mall
lifted his pet leg III both hnuiK sol It
iiilelilllv down upon the Horn, lose
slowly rioni his ihalt, und, looking
down upon the tthroi tuiinto voutli with
mingled pltv and wtalh Imist imth In
the sttbilmltv 01 uigi .
'Ho and lead Ihe hlsioiv oi join
tolinliv .miii louloumled )ouilg ptlppv '"
PAPEK IN MADAGASCAR.
Only a Tew Peisons, Descentlnnta of
One Family, Know the Seetet.
I nun 1 lir i Vi 1 i I'm v
Ilia letlei liom 'I'aniatave, 'li ('.Con
sul Hum iiuiismits the tiuiHntlim or
an 111 tit h Inun the Jomnal Dllltlat,
w hit h lolls 01 tlie Madagasi an's method
ol making papPl. It Is as lollows,
'Tin- nianiilatltiio or papei bv ihe
Antalmoiii nine of the oldest tilbes
iinning tin Inhabitants of Madagascai),
Willi ll Is 1 oinplelely unknown to the
other lilbis ol the Islilnd. tonslltutes n
iignlai Imal Indtisiiv In the dlsiilei of
Amhohlpeno Onlv 11 llmllod iiumbei ol
peisons, dcsiemlanls ol llie same lum
llv, belonging lo the Ainbs Horn U10
I oast of Afika, know theseitet or tills
niiinuiiit tine and devote themselves to
II vvhetievii 11 pressing need or nioiiev
01 a deslie to pin chase some long-
wisinii-ioi 111 line toiupels them lo
shake oil theh nntlvp ludolPiieo
'The papol, whli h Is supple ami veiv
stlong and has nil appeaiante of
paiihiuent, width gives it the Impilul
01 iitiaint oilglnalltv, Is in gieat favor
with the Antaiinoio, anil theie Is not n
fiimllv, AUtt a home, that does not pos
sess ji (107(11 01 so sheets, (aielullv
slltihid toRothci and Ii 1111le.il down
limn gelieiallon to geiieiatlon
"In these p m hmciits theie hip m
llglouslv pieseived the runillv Ii. Mil
lions thionhli's 01 ptst events, the
liistoiv ol tin on 1 wins, lite uiuIiiiurc-
able il c ol theli am estois III .1
wind, the whole ol Ihe nation il inan
lieis and ( usioins It s In tin s( do( u
inenls that the lolloweis 01 Isiamisin
vnv s),ttse lu that legion tl nisi t Ihe
and siuilv llie 1 iw ol the pi ophel It
is In rut. in these st tolls that the An
taiinoio snsph ions und gieedv ol gain,
i.iliulates the piofll on his oen and
the piodlli t 01 his 1 Ii e fields
'Ihlsijuiint igRlomciatlon ol Aiabh
hit loRlvphh s with .Maligasv smltnns
mil ligiius In Ihe same volume vv hit h
tlie ovvnei will onlv p.ut with lot its
weight lu gold ought to luiulsh tho
bibliophile 1 dm lliuent detldedlv out of
the t ommoii
'Ihe m inul.ii iiiii 1 ol this peutllai
pipit wis tppiiOitlv a man tast on
the 10 1st lu llie middle ol the iillilh
( tut 111 v who s( tt it i on ihe Malil inun 1
1 Ivn
'liiilitiou iipiistnts him is hoi il
lle d at seiMiin his Km in loi 11 duhiless
title to the siiuino idvoiilnms ol his
vovae, ami puIIun Ills hi a In to in iki
n tie in 1 opv i:pn imonliiin' with till -loienl
bilks oi tiees he llnallv tled
lus i hoii e on tin avoivo, the baik of
width is eisilj ledtuible lo )iulp
'The avoivo Is a wild shtub with
slant btanihtsol an avn ige llilckuess
ol loin lo live indies in dianietei ind
nine to twelve lei t 111 blight, the leaf
i('seiublm' vet v mm li a bav liai It is
nut w ith evi 1 v wheic on the t o 1st ind
in the intuitu ol the distiict. ami ihe
link 1 in be titllicd it anv season
ol the jl.ii
Allei taking oil tin oulu skin,
whiih is or the gi.ivisli tint petull.u
totioLsiugenoi.il the Innei p.ut poi
lutlv white and soinowh.il sthkv Is
iimoved ind foi iiiliI Into a big bill,
whli h is iilated In miming wattt to
soak Tills bill is picked to ploies lit
tle bv little and the pluis thus sip
aiattd ate washul mil plucd in 1
luge pot with a eel tain (ii.intilv of
w ilei the mass Is then coveted with
ashes followed bv a seioml It'ti ol
baik. again tovuod witlt asltts ami
so on until the pot is tluee-iu Uleis
lull Tin pot is tin 11 lllled with waKi,
the lid tint on mil the whole boiled lot
two 01 tin ee d.i) m without Intel 1 option.
1 ate being t ikon lo add t lean watei
ftoni time to time to leplact the loss
bv ovapoiation, alwt.vs thiowlng in a
handful or ashts
'On the nioining ol the lliiul a.w the
bilk (omplelilv 1 educed b cooking,
looks like a tliie k battel, vvhh h Is then
pissed thiough 11 sieve and washed In
licsh walei It is then beaten bilskly
km ailed, and undei the piisstue ol the
llngeis Is ttausfoi med into a sou dough
whit h is spieatl. still damp, on tho
gtien Ii.nes ol the liave let's tiee with
a special look 1 nslsUn of two mils
about t Igliloeu Im lies long joint d by
slats ot lallla wood the onlv wood ap
paienllv to width tho pulp will not
slick This s tlie most delieati uait
ol tlie whole opoi.it Ion
Willi the Hat ot llie hand, inoisi
1 nod, llie loiiuiied title km ss is given
lo the shift ll is llien piessid, lev olid,
smoothed and put in the sun
'As s()n as ii is div It is glazed
with weak I lie walei, spieatl v 1 1 li the
hand, like staith 011 linou The s-hoel.
still In a (lamp si, He, Is then, as II
wiie, i 1 iiiu il out In the baud ot Willi a
polished pebble, It Is finally tilled,
polled oil limn tho gioou leal, and the
p ipei is lluldiotl, I.'ath sheet thus ob
tained Is w 01 ih 1 1 0111 1 to J cents: It
ine asm os tin to .' I hit lies long and lu
Inches wide. It Is linull) lilmmed foi
binding."
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Visit the
Picture
Gallery
Third Moor
I -- ' i -- -- MB Vi IBP I
Toy
Department
in the
Basement
Tlie Charm of tlie Holidays is Noticed Throughout the Big Store,
Books, Holiday
Books
Teachers Bible,
complete line?
at prices from
8c to $9.00.
The special
frailties arc the
concise bible
dictionary. A
combined bible
atlas. The ac
cented marks.
Copyright Books $1.10
A little list of the newest.
" The Right of Way," "The
Ktein.tl City," "A Day With a
Tiamp," "Lives of the Hunted,"
"LiAitTe," "The Cavalier,' "The
Octopus," "Blood Tide," Ralles,"
"Sy hia," "l:ben Holden.''
TOYS IfVj BASEMENT
Theie is Toys that will do almost anything but
bieatho, Toys loi old as well as the young. Fire
Engines, like cut 98c, somo for 10c, 25c up to $1.98.
Toy Books-
Hood
15c
' "Uollv in
"Red Riding
the Country." "Father Chtistinas,
"Be.iutv and the Beabt," "Little
Snow White, Wide Awake Scries,"
"Painting Books."
Books in Sets
Publishers puce .oo set.
Oui pi ice $1.50.
WorUs liom the master minds of
tlie dav, such as I Kill Guile's, A.
Connn Doyle's, Mane Corelhe's, L.
I". Meade's. Prominent titles fiom
the above authors in set, at $1.50.
Toy Stoves and Safes
5c to $3.00.
Kitchen Utensils, made fiom
granite ware, indiiding all ai
licles neccssrrv to run a kitchen.
y8c set.
I he boy who wants lo be
come a sailoi. can instinct him
self by sailing one ol these Sail
boats 01 .achts. I'hey aie the
mechanical kind. Also Steam
boats. Toy Plnnos Look likd the
leal ones, large and small sie.
Fiom 25c up'to $8.50.
Toy Furniture
Chairs, Bureau, Dresser and
Wash Stand. Fiom 25c up.
Boys' laige and small Tool
Chests, containing an assort
ment of tools. From 25c up.
Dolls. Dolls.
I'loin the smallest kind of .1
Doll to the great big ones. A
splendid assoitmcnt. Prices that
' will suit eveiy pocket book.
Restaurant in Biisement.
HANDKERCHIEFS
Chtistinas Mandkeichiefs, men's chiidicn's .ind
women's. By taking advantage ol a special oppoitunity
we aie able to offer you some ol vety line values in
Handkcichiels.
Out book
leady. Will
vou one.
catalogue
be pleased
now
mail
Ladies' Pure Linen Initial
Handkcichiels, 15c and 25c each.
Childien's and Ladies' Cotton
Initial llandkeichieK 15 and 25.
Men's Pure Linen Initnl Hand
kerchiefs, 15c and 25c each.
Men's Chun Silk Initial lland
kci chiefs, each 25c and 50c.
Childien's Han licet chiefs in
fancy bo.es, 3 111 a bo. Price
15c and 19c
Children's
chiefs, 3 in a
Childien's
ed Handkerchiefs,
and 25c each.
Imtal ll.indkcr
bow for 25c.
Fancy 1-mbroiJei-
5C 10c, 15c
Men's Silkonctte Handker
chiefs, each 20c,
Ladies' Pure Linen Hemstitch
ed Handkeichiefs,5c,ioc,i2j4c i5
20c. 25c, 30c, 35c and 401; each.
Come in one-quarter and one
inch hems
kei chiefs, 5c, 10c, 150,250 .mil
up to 50c each.
Ladies' F.inbiouiered, Hemstit
ched and Fancy Lace trimmed
Handkerchiefs, 5c, 10c, i9c up
to $3.00 each.
SCRANTON'S BIG STORE, JONAS LONG'S SONS.
niraiii of tho li.tnil iiuitlus tho lit. tin
with (mkhikIi sensuous obspi v.itlons in
1 111 1 nn tlit' iloMlopnunt ut the' ilillpi
iMil liiam niueii in u ptiReth luu
iiitinioiis 111 iniii'i The' tisiilt is a pciw-
1 till In ain
HISTORY OF IRISH POPLIN.
v i i i v. vr i s y v a , v v s i n r.
Roger's Holiday Sale
OF-
MANUAL TRAINING,
It
TEACHING RESPECT.
How the Colonel Regtuded His Slight
Scintch in Defense of Countiy.
I iriiu Hit IIi.Iiii in
III ,i tt'ltiilll t.,illli-li tin iillltt'i yul it
iIIkIu -ti.iuli on Un- li'd. Tho umiiiii
whs 11 imtlti'i ut Kit'. 11 kIdi 111 lilm, ami
1)0 IIUIMMl il tlllllllKll lllhl llS, t,lil.
ins liinii'i itli hcii le'iii Una tin.
iiii'imn.N ni hi- Iiiiimi niictlit p.it-i. nut
III inlixl
unit d.i.l' l.iu In IIU'. us im s.ti mi t m.
Iii his Kk mui iioinlfiiiiK un. lotimiH
p.l, u .oiilU 111. 111 KUIii Hit. iiiuilly
im iiiu HikI Uino .ipino 11 In d ami s) 111.
p.illii'tluilly le'iiiniKtil
"I..11111', iiilnnur.' '
' U'H. hIi," nttei a p.iiis.. mui iUi .
I'xpichlblu holi'innllj , "I am lame.
' Ik't'ii ilillim, t-liV '
"Xo"-1MU1 lolniUhu hli'inniM. ' I
liac neit liu'ii ilillnc "
"A blip down tm Hit' pavement?'
"No, hIi," wlih iittiKil teiuiltv.
Couectinc the Impiesslon Tlmt
Tiains, Boyb foi Cmpenteis, Etc,
I I. Ill III! l Villi. Illlll
Ill tho uplnlnn of 1111 ospiMloiit otl puh
lli M'liiml pilntlpal, too uuit'li iiinniil
ho suiil tu miiivl tho linpirlnn tlmt
tlio mamiiil ualnlnt, lu urn pulillo
i liools Is h.iHoil nn 11 dcslio tn j;t mo
Imvs a Mm! ai llio tiuili. u caipuntu
tu 1 ablnut-nialit'i. A le-eent iviltoi nn
tlio Mibjott dNtlimiiMiPs. it tutliiliiK lot
a tiado titim the manual tiaiuliiK nt
tho wi'hnul lu tlllh vn ".Miinual
tialulm, ol tho linnd inciuih tlio Itmn
Inn of a initio vv liilo manual ii.tlnltiK
liv thu liitud Is tlMliit'tl e'tliitalltinal
It Is a wt'll-oitahllshoil tint, tho
lulmipal points out, thai tlio tiainiiiK
nt tho liaml n as tu m.iKo ll autnmatlo
ami ihent'ieiio ot btivlto In a ti.ulo hits
llttlo Inlluomo on tho lualu, but mmli
upon 1 in- must its, Autiiniutlp liaml m
iihihi lo movonu'iits- noltlioi ioiuho not
t.iuso ostotittivo bialn aollvlty
Tho In. tin must havo umtoiiai in
vvoiU 011 Thoso iiiaioilnlH taunnt hu
supplltil i't opt iluout,h tl0 .som-os
st'11-.uous ohsoiMiliou till oiifr.li all nian
1101 ol manual tutlvlt Tlio liaud mts
ah .1 .soil of a ili.iHiiett foi tlio bialu;
niovldos p vvllh Imimuet.iljlo m usuous
iihsoiMitltitiH, ami lheo uiiiKo ilto basis
ni an I'diiiiitiim
Alan tllllt'i.s Inun tho Innei animals
In that In- ut-ot Ids loot im locomotion
.mil Ills liands tm otlioi tliliiKs Inutg:
Ino llio t'ltoi t ot ollnilnutliiH tlio use
nt tho haiuls liom out d.tllj uctiv Itlcs
Kooplm; tlie hands idle while thei
bialn is at tho with the alphabet lint,
a htiniiK teiideniy to pliongthuu the.'
memoiy al thu i'.unsu or thu Judg
ment ocnti'ih of this vvoneleiful piece
of meclmiilf-in, .Vlanual ttalnluu bv
Fust Eashionnbly Intioduced by the
Late Lndy Caiew.
A I'.uls em itspoiulonl vvnlf. to tho
l.iinilim Xous l.atlj r.mvv who died
till otbot tluv. was a be uol.it tliss tit
Ii ol mil in his w.ij Sho w.i-- the (list i j
poison to vvt.ti lu I'.uls an Iiish nop- y
lln tlio---- ll was 111 in inn o--e M'liow.i
Willi a tlisiKii 111 Kiiiti liiioiii anil so
nun li iitlnilioil that the loioniost. l.i
ilbs .it tho com l ol tlio Tulloilis asKitl
lit 1 wlicio sho boiiKht llio poplin .ind
nn lo tinlm, tlio adtlioss, wiolo tot jiai
ti'ilis .Mule' Ainilio endoiotl 0110 in
livontloi, iniithoel with .1 sold pilloin,
llio Pilnii'ss Jliiilo 0110 In blue and sii
ii and Piliniss e'lomontlne one In
pink and sioi Iilsh poplin was Hist
m iiuilat Until In Dublin bv I'opolino u
Hiiqutnol iotui,io. It boiaino llio iaf,t.
and was Kioaih Winn on onaslnns nl
lilKh tpieuionv, as lain did not spoil it.
I'oplln liotanio 11 Invoillo thoss Im
llio publli pininonados al liislilnuablo
bonis All Its I'lonth iniltut'ons, tho
utiol hollirf loss e.uilullv In.itoil, ioiKIo
and lose lllslio when oi)o ,otl to tho
li .1st show 01 U tl it dipssos stnne ol I
ids Kiand hitllos hi iioplln Tlio Piln
ttss ClPine nilno won a plaid poplin I
Kovrn llio dav llio Into CJ1101 11 Vititnlii
llisi lnntlod al Tiepoii to visit I-tiuls
I'hilippo anil .M.nio Amolio at i:u iilshi
poplin is still much woin heie bv tlio
1 hildton 01 llio wo.tlthv, ami Is thought
tn so woll with Ilisli hulpuio
I TABLE SILVERS
IS THE BAGPIPE MUSICAL.
Some Contend Not, bllt the Instal
ment Still Holds Its Own.
I mui Un i'itilnii i)-nitii
n.lfiplpo llllislo bus 'silfloioel AMMllV
iIiioukIi tho 1 fun is nt woll-mo.iuliik but
llllHtuUi'li ppoplo lo lill 11 mil ot lis
piopoi plate' and Kiatt it on to t it liio
ami its Insltlo oiitot Inlnine'Uts," s.i.s an
U'ut,llsi maRiilno. To eoinp.no lit
llllisli' with "e lassie al pititlut'lluns" Is
' UUo liiinpaiiiiK 'lullos anil hciilm,'
with wino jolllos" A I'liltiiKo Jmv onto
eloilile-d that the baKplpo was not a
iniislnil lusiiumont ut nil I'.ui vvliy
quail el with a tlullulllim.' Ihiinmli that
II lias lived Iluoimh snnio bail eilsls
When thai pli is ol lllo in w tilth it
was boin and hi ought up passes .twav
li tlti'llucil to ho niovt'il Into tlio li.teK
riimiml, In shoii, ll had llio will tei p
wltlioill Ihe iidvoulitiiius aids ol niiuks
llllil ol t OIIKI os-os, bee uliso ll ullswots
.1 piimllivo wuiil
llldoi'tl, llnlhlUK lould ho nun 0 iloltlo
than the Ian linn the mlllttn.v oigau
Uallou whli ll dlil nuieli In niish out
oM'tythimt that hail in.ulo ll n power
shuilltl havo been in etnnplotoly ton.
tiioiod h ll that ilitio 1110 now ivvn
und iwont.v pipe hamls in tlio lltitisli
uiiiiv Tlio h.iKplpo lias litem uiuioMil
by some 01 0111 miilvo liuihin -mems,
uotiililj ihoso in tho Punjab,
ami ll tontlnues in spioad iluno as n
mint mllltaiy Insiiumout
A Tilp to Cnlltoinin oi rioiidu,
'Ihoso lontemphuinR sutli a Hip need
but tn 1 all on thu lotal t It Lot ukpih ut
the l.aiWawaliiiu lallioail and ho will
iimingo even iletail, iiuudinf inins
poitiillou, hei thu, loseivallons nml
(hei Mill, ot lmBBf.o Ihioiiuh to dostl
uiillon, also will luinlsh uitus. loltlPis-,
tlcsiiiptlvQ liieialme antl 1110 othei in
roiinullou denliotl on llm -Jilbj i.l.
ThlotiBh Pieepois and du ioaiht.'s to
C'lilenso. Only ono elmnge of uus lo
Calltoinla.
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ofteis special opportunities foi tho puichasm
of useful gifts in dependable Silverwaic.
'Puces quoted aie special Holiday Sale Piices.
Rogeis' plated Knives nnd
Folks, per dozen $3 50
Rogeis' plated Tea Spoonb,
pel half dozen 1 00
Rogeib' Table Spoonb. pei
halt dozen 2 00
Rogeis' plated Soups, pel
halt dozen 3.00
Soup Ladles 2 00
Giivy Ladles 1.00
Beuy Spoons $1.00
Butter Knives fiO
Napkin RiiiRS 1.00
Tooth Pick Holdois 7!
Child's Cup3 50
Child's Sets, knife, loik nnd
spoon 25
Nut Sot-J 1.00
Cako Diilics 2.00
Silv Tei Sets 8.00
! Give Green Trad
ing Stamps.
A.
E. ROGERS, 5
213 Lackawanna Avenue.
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Green Trading Stamps
with Cash Sales,
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Unquestionable Superior Merit
Annually adds thousands of names to
ilie long list of Smith rrcmicr users,
icprebenting every line ot trade and
eicry piolcssioh. .. .. ..
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